Thinker or Doer?

Journal Prompt:
I'm a bit of both. Most of the time I think before I do anything. There's barely a time I do something without thinking. They go hand in hand to me. For example, If my friends want to go out and do something I'm not necessarily comfortable with, I'll think before making a decision. If I didn't I would  have to suffer the consequences.

Revenge

Journal Prompt:
Revenge is pay back. It's sort of coming back for someone that hurt you. You intentionally want to make the person feel bad for what they did to you. You can kill a hater with your success or actually do something mean to hurt them. That's what revenge is all about harming someone.

"Reflection"

Journal Prompt:
I didn't have any confusions or questions about the final assignment.

Final Assignment:
     "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a monolog/poem. It's about a Duke describing his last wife from a painting he has to the servant of the count's daughter he's planning to marry next. But while talking about his last duchess he indirectly shows us the type of person he really is. Which is crazy and controlling.
     Lines 45-47 reveal that the Duke is controlling. It specifically says, "I gave commands, then all smiles stopped together." Which prove that whatever he said had to be done and it was. It also reveals how crazy he is. You can infer that he either killed his last duchess or had her sent away. Especially when he says, "Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands as if she was alive." Browning first mentioned this in line 2 and repeated this towards the end of the poem. He put so much emphasis on that line so that we can see how much of a mad man he really is. From the beginning to now the duke character develops from an insecure husband to a psyhco controlling husband. Lines 45-47 just gives us the conformation of what we thought earlier in the poem that the Duke is a crazy, controlling, freak.

"School Shootings"

Journal Prompt:
I think there's a lot behind school shootings. It might be jealousy, hatred, depression, or the reaction to bullying. I believe that the kids who shoot up the schools have something going on in their lives that they can't handle or they just grew some type of hatred towards a specific person. You can't really pin point the exact reason behind it unless you know the persons background, medical history, and things of that nature. Many of the previous shooters had some type of issues. So like I mentioned before there's many different reasons someone could react in a terrifying school shooting.

"Profiling the duke"

Journal Prompt:
The most striking characteristic about the Duke is that he's very PETTY! He's so full of himself and doesn't care about anyone else feelings. He talks about his wife like she's a random girl from the street. No matter what your going through, you should never put someone else down to be happy. But that's exactly what he does which makes him petty.

"Reliability"

Journal Prompt:
My opinion of the Duke's reliability as a narrator is that he's not completely reliable. He's speaking from anger and jealousy. You can't fully trust someone who throws subs about another person.

"Uncertain"

Journal Prompt:
The Duke is a complicated character. One minute he shows insecurity and the next he's cocky and full of himself. It's sort of like he has two different personalities. The Duchess is an out-going person. She's very flirtatious and care free. She doesn't let anyone steal her happiness. What I'm still uncertain about is why she constantly looks for happiness outside her relationship. How does he treat her that makes her ride off with another man? Why does the Duke act so bipolar?

Lines 9 and 10

Journal Prompt:
I don't know what lines 9 and 10 mean. It reads, "But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)" I have no clue what the author is saying about the portrait and what he's saying about the Duke. I just don't know what it means, its confusing me little. It threw me off.

Confusion

Journal Prompt:
3 observations:

• The Duke is full of himself
• He's a cocky jerk
• He's very insecure about his wife.

2 questions:

• Was the duchess cheating on him or does she have a friendly personality?
• Did the Duke kill his wife?

1 comment:

• I don't like old english !!!!